Imperialism in China (European Spheres of Influence)

China refused to buy these products

European-made goods

Because of the Treaty of Nanjing, which ended the Opium Wars, Britain received

Hong Kong and extraterritorial rights (foreigners were not subject to Chinese laws)

The Taiping Rebellion ended with the Qings winning, but it still weakened China due to

20 million of its people dying

In 1900, angry Chinese led the _______ __________ to expel foreigners from China (this and foreign imperialists led to calls to reform China)

Boxer Rebellion

The ________ won the Opium Wars easily due to their modern navy

British

An army of ______________, _____________, and ____________________ soldiers finally ended the Boxer Rebellion

British, French, and American

The Chinese have always referred to themselves as the

Middle Kingdom

In 1899, the USA suggested that they use an ____________ in China so that merchants from all nations could trade freely

Open Door policy

Desperate, Europeans searched for something the Chinese would buy and smuggled this in

Opium

Northern invaders, called Manchus, conquered China and created this dynasty

Qing

Sphere of Influence

Regions of European and American control of the Chinese trade and financial centers during the period of forced Economic Imperialism

Hong Xiuquan led ______________, the attempt to end poverty among peasants

Taiping Rebellion

By 1835, 12 million Chinese people were _______ to opium

addicted

Chinese viewed outsiders as

barbarians

When the British refused to stop selling the opium, China

declared war

Seeing the weakness in China's social system, Britain and other powerful countries took advantage of the Chinese and

forced China into unfair trade

The growth of these things in Chinese culture upset many people

foreign influence, poverty among peasants, and Christianity

These people had to obey Chinese rules and show them all respect when trading

foreign merchants

China had plenty of

natural resources and manufactured products (silk, cotton clothing, porcelain)

The Chinese appointed Commissioner Lin to stop opium and tried to _________ the drug

outlaw

By 1900, China was grouped into

spheres of influences (areas where a foreign nation had exclusive trade rights)

Chinese initially saw little value in

trade with foreign merchants